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byJason Levine ( 196982 ) writes:
Article 13, the "upload filter", would force them to check all content uploaded to their sites and remove any copyrighted material
And how are these companies supposed to 1) know that a piece of material is copyrighted and 2) know that the uploader doesn't have the right to upload it?
For example, I wrote and published a novel. The novel is protected by copyright. When writing the novel, I used Google Docs. (It's handy for writing initial drafts wherever I am. I later exported that into a more full fledged wo
bywvmarle ( 1070040 ) writes:
And how are these companies supposed to 1) know that a piece of material is copyrighted and 2) know that the uploader doesn't have the right to upload it?
1) is easy. All material that's not ancient is copyrighted, by default. Everything. Blogs, books, news articles, song recordings - all of it.
2) is the hard part. The US DMCA got that one correct, though: if uploader says they have the right to upload and publish material for distribution, the host is in the clear, and other people that claim copyright over the same material will have to battle it out with the (by then known!) uploader.
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byJason Levine ( 196982 ) writes:
I'm fine with the DMCA system for copyright infringement. That's how it should work. Party A uploads material. Party B contacts Party A's host and says it infringes their copyright. Party A's host sends the notice to Party A. Party A either takes down the material or asserts that they have the right to upload it. At that point, it becomes a battle between Parties A and B. The host is out of it entirely. What the EU seems to want is for the host to automagically know that the content that Party A is uploadin
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